Teen charged with killing man over abuse suspicions

February 7, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 17-year-old from Kansas City is charged with fatally shooting a man whom the teen claimed hit his mother.

The Kansas City Star reports that Tony Mack Jr. is charged with second-degree murder, assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the Jan. 28 shooting that killed 56-year-old Leon Taylor and wounded another man. Bond is set at $150,000. It wasn’t immediately known if the teen had an attorney.

Moments before the shooting, Mack’s mother, Taylor and two other men arrived at a house after running errands. Mack noticed a scab under his mother’s nose and asked what happened. Court records say his mother said she fell down, but Mack didn’t believe her.